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Grand Canyon National Park is one of the most visited national parks in the nation.

Grand Canyon National Park, Turning 100, Works With Tribes to Tell Their Stories

Jan 1, 2019 The agency is collaborating with 11 tribes in advance of the park's centennial next year.
Navajo Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty sits alongside indigenous women giving testimony before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs about missing and murdered indigenous people.

Congress Considers Legislation to Help Tribes Solve Cases of Missing People

Dec 14, 2018 Laws under consideration could improve tracking databases and increase funding for services like domestic violence shelters.
Maddy Jeans, left, and Lourdes Pereira.

Efforts of Native American Students Change TUSD Stance on Graduation Wear

Dec 14, 2018 Student-led organizing has temporarily changed the policy to allow Native American regalia at the ceremony.
A Vote Here sign outside a polling place.

Navajos Seek Court Order to Fix Signatures on Early Ballots

Nov 26, 2018 A lawsuit makes an argument to count ballots that Navajos properly filled out but didn't sign.
Poster art for George Pal's 1953 film "The War of the Worlds".

"The War of the Worlds" Returns to the Silver Screen in Tucson

Nov 7, 2018 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Celebrating sobriety with members of the Tohono O'odham nation; why a high school senior in Tucson wrote a book that explores his family's Indian heritage; Nostalgia for the kind of foods you just can't get anymore.
Field workers harvest cantaloupes in a field irrigated with CAP water on Oct. 23, 2018, in Maricopa, Arizona.

Impasse Over Who Loses Water, and How Much, Could Sink Arizona Drought Planning

Oct 31, 2018 A water dispute is playing out between Central Arizona cities, tribes and farms.
Canyon Mine is one of the few mines allowed to operate despite the moratorium.

Court Changes Mind on Grand Canyon Mine Claim

Oct 29, 2018 Some say the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision may be too late.
More than 80 volunteers helped fill and place sandbags at Menagers Dam.

Dozens Remain Displaced as Tohono O'odham Nation Continues Flood Recovery

Oct 9, 2018 Damage assessments continue days after a tropical storm came close to breaching an earthen dam.
Photo published on the Tohono O'odham Nation's Facebook page captioned "Flooding near Menagers Dam Community."

Officials Warn Dam Could Fail and Flood Tohono O'odham Village

Oct 3, 2018 An earthen dam stands between a lake swollen with runoff and the community of Ali Chuk.
The Colorado River snakes through the Grand Canyon.

Supreme Court Won't Hear Bid to Overturn Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban

Oct 2, 2018 The court refuses to hear a challenge to a the 2012 prohibition of new mines in the area.
The Navajo Generating Station, April 2018.

Hopis Asking Feds to Explore Other Options for Power Plant

Sep 25, 2018 The tribe's economy relies heavily on coal, which powers the Navajo Generating Station.
Red dresses representing missing and murdered Indigenous women, displayed at the Verna N. Enos Toka Field on the Tohono O'odham Nation, 2018.

US Doubles Tribal Funding to Fight Violence Against Women

Sep 19, 2018 On some reservations, Native American women are killed at a rate more than 10 times the national average.
Tucson House was built in 1963 as an apartment complex, but was purchased by the City of Tucson in 1979 and converted into public housing.

City Gets $1.3 Million for Tucson House, Oracle Neighborhood

Sep 7, 2018 HUD "planning grant" could lead to $30 million for neighborhood improvements
Red dresses representing missing and murdered Indigenous women, displayed at the Verna N. Enos Toka Field on the Tohono O'odham Nation, 2018.

Despite Past Reforms, Native Women Face High Rates of Crime

Sep 5, 2018 Native American women have been victimized at astonishing rates, with more than half encountering sexual and domestic violence at some point during their lives.
Bison graze on the Blackfeet Reservation in northern Montana, where Maria Nieves Zedeño has conducted research in collaboration with the tribe.

UA Anthropologist: Native Americans Used Climate Data to Hunt Bison

Aug 24, 2018 Says hunter-gatherers predicted effects of grassland fires to lure animals for food.
The Navajo Generating Station, April 2018.

Potential New Coal Plant Operator Offers Few New Details

Aug 15, 2018 The Chicago-based company said it would run the plant at 44 percent of capacity to make it more economical.

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